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<h2 CLASS=sect1><A CLASS="TITLE" NAME="JNUT2-CH-18-SECT-14">18.14 java.awt.Color (JDK 1.0)</A></h2>

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The <tt CLASS=literal>Color</tt> object describes a color.  The
<tt CLASS=literal>Color()</tt> constructors describe a color as red, green,
and blue components between 0 and 255, or as floating-point values
between 0.0 and 1.0.  The class method
<tt CLASS=literal>Color.getHSBColor()</tt> creates a color using the
hue/saturation/brightness color model.

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<tt CLASS=literal>brighter()</tt> and <tt CLASS=literal>darker()</tt> are useful methods
to create shading effects.  The
<tt CLASS=literal>getColor()</tt> methods look up a color name in the
properties database and convert the resulting integer color
value into a <tt CLASS=literal>Color</tt> object.  Two of these methods
provide a default value to be used in case the
specified color name is not found.

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public class <tt CLASS=literal>Color</tt> extends Object implements Serializable {
    // <tt CLASS=literal>Public Constructors</tt>
            public <tt CLASS=literal>Color</tt>(int <tt CLASS=literal>r</tt>, int <tt CLASS=literal>g</tt>, int <tt CLASS=literal>b</tt>);
            public <tt CLASS=literal>Color</tt>(int <tt CLASS=literal>rgb</tt>);
            public <tt CLASS=literal>Color</tt>(float <tt CLASS=literal>r</tt>, float <tt CLASS=literal>g</tt>, float <tt CLASS=literal>b</tt>);
    // <tt CLASS=literal>Constants</tt>
            public static final Color <tt CLASS=literal>black</tt>;
            public static final Color <tt CLASS=literal>blue</tt>;
            public static final Color <tt CLASS=literal>cyan</tt>;
            public static final Color <tt CLASS=literal>darkGray</tt>;
            public static final Color <tt CLASS=literal>gray</tt>;
            public static final Color <tt CLASS=literal>green</tt>;
            public static final Color <tt CLASS=literal>lightGray</tt>;
            public static final Color <tt CLASS=literal>magenta</tt>;
            public static final Color <tt CLASS=literal>orange</tt>;
            public static final Color <tt CLASS=literal>pink</tt>;
            public static final Color <tt CLASS=literal>red</tt>;
            public static final Color <tt CLASS=literal>white</tt>;
            public static final Color <tt CLASS=literal>yellow</tt>;
    // <tt CLASS=literal>Class Methods</tt>
            public static int <tt CLASS=literal>HSBtoRGB</tt>(float <tt CLASS=literal>hue</tt>, float <tt CLASS=literal>saturation</tt>, float <tt CLASS=literal>brightness</tt>);
            public static float[] <tt CLASS=literal>RGBtoHSB</tt>(int <tt CLASS=literal>r</tt>, int <tt CLASS=literal>g</tt>, int <tt CLASS=literal>b</tt>, float[] <tt CLASS=literal>hsbvals</tt>);
        <b>1.1</b> public static Color <tt CLASS=literal>decode</tt>(String <tt CLASS=literal>nm</tt>) throws NumberFormatException;
            public static Color <tt CLASS=literal>getColor</tt>(String <tt CLASS=literal>nm</tt>);
            public static Color <tt CLASS=literal>getColor</tt>(String <tt CLASS=literal>nm</tt>, Color <tt CLASS=literal>v</tt>);
            public static Color <tt CLASS=literal>getColor</tt>(String <tt CLASS=literal>nm</tt>, int <tt CLASS=literal>v</tt>);
            public static Color <tt CLASS=literal>getHSBColor</tt>(float <tt CLASS=literal>h</tt>, float <tt CLASS=literal>s</tt>, float <tt CLASS=literal>b</tt>);
    // <tt CLASS=literal>Public Instance Methods</tt>
            public Color <tt CLASS=literal>brighter</tt>();
            public Color <tt CLASS=literal>darker</tt>();
            public boolean <tt CLASS=literal>equals</tt>(Object <tt CLASS=literal>obj</tt>);  //<tt CLASS=literal> Overrides Object</tt>
            public int <tt CLASS=literal>getBlue</tt>();
            public int <tt CLASS=literal>getGreen</tt>();
            public int <tt CLASS=literal>getRGB</tt>();
            public int <tt CLASS=literal>getRed</tt>();
            public int <tt CLASS=literal>hashCode</tt>();  //<tt CLASS=literal> Overrides Object</tt>
            public String <tt CLASS=literal>toString</tt>();  //<tt CLASS=literal> Overrides Object</tt>
}
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<h3 CLASS=sect2><A CLASS="TITLE" NAME="JNUT2-CH-18-SECT-14.2">Extended By:</A></h3>

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<tt CLASS=literal>SystemColor</tt>

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<tt CLASS=literal>Color.getColor(), 
Component.setBackground(), 
Component.setForeground(), 
ComponentPeer.setBackground(), 
ComponentPeer.setForeground(), 
Graphics.drawImage(), 
Graphics.setColor(), 
Graphics.setXORMode()</tt>

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<tt CLASS=literal>Color.brighter(), 
Color.darker(), 
Color.decode(), 
Color.getColor(), 
Color.getHSBColor(), 
Component.getBackground(), 
Component.getForeground(), 
Graphics.getColor()</tt>

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<tt CLASS=literal>Color.black, 
Color.blue, 
Color.cyan, 
Color.darkGray, 
Color.gray, 
Color.green, 
Color.lightGray, 
Color.magenta, 
Color.orange, 
Color.pink, 
Color.red, 
Color.white, 
Color.yellow</tt>

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